Lipstick Vine
4.6 out of 5 (20 experiences)
Fast grower
Survivor
About Lipstick Vine
Lipstick Vine is a popular houseplant 🌿 that is easy to grow and needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in abundant sunlight ☀ and should be less than 3 feet from a window.
Plant parents describe this plant as a fast grower and being a survivor with a whopping 862 being grown with Greg around the world. Check out the reviews below for more details!🌟
Lipstick Vine likes soil that is well draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Lipstick Vine belongs to the Aeschynanthus genus, and is native to Peninsular Thailand to Western and Central Malesia.
Taxonomy
Aeschynanthus radicans
Aeschynanthus
Gesneriaceae
Lamiales
Also known as
Lipstick Plant and curly lipstick plant
How to care for Lipstick Vine
How often to water your Lipstick Vine
every 9
Lipstick Vine needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Lipstick Vine in your home
a window
Lipstick Vine may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Lipstick Vine in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Lipstick Vine
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Lipstick Vine after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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What's going on with my lipstick plant?? I don't see any noticeable signs of pest but I have these weird deformed leaves and canker like divets appearing on a handful of vines. Mainly on the older leaves closer to the base. Overall it seems happy but this definitely concerns me. #lipstickvine #variegatedlipstickvine
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I cannot stop this plant from dying #LipstickVine hey guys! I got this plant probably about a month ish ago. since then, it has been slowly having the leaves dry up and fall off. what does it need??
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Hey, I was told this is a curly lipstick plant. All the new leaves at the tips have tiny brown spots? Can you help? I got it at Walmart thinking it was drowning, so I took of the bottom tray. #Hoya
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Hey guys! Just wanting everyone’s opinion if ya have a min!! #LipstickVine So I’ll include a few pics to show you what I’m taking about but I’ve started to notice that some of my oldest growth that’s closest to the lip of the pot it’s in have started to turn yellow and eventually end up dying completely. I haven’t seen ANY yellowing on any of the newer growth. So far it is strictly old growth and like I said, it’s some of the oldest on the plant. Do you guys think this is a watering issue? Or do you think it might be pests? Also, do you guys let you lipstick plant dry out completely between waterings? Or do u left just the first 2 or 3 inches dry before you water again?
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How do I get my lipstick cutting to root!? #LipstickVine *curly lipstick.I first had her in water but after so long of not rooting and started to shrivel,I moved her to a moss propbox.she gained her strength back but it's been months ...and now has little fuzzy flower bud starts but still no roots 🤔 I got got plenty of the stem with leafs removed.i don't want her to die 😫 I just did snip from the base in hopes it was just to hardened off ..
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Flowers in Winter ❄✨ I just came home from school for the weekend and found my lipstick vine producing beautiful flowers! After yesterday's cold spell, this was such a wonderful surprise. I thought I would share with y'all too! ☺ #goodnews #flowers #growth
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Well I'm committed now.... #lipstickvine #plantaddict #planttherapy #crazyplantlady
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Sooooo yesterday, I MAY or may not have Proplifted from the lipstick plant at work 😅 but do you blame me? Just look at her, so pitiful 🥺 BUT TODAY I GOT TO WORK IN FLORAL AND GUESS WHAT?! The mother plant’s condition seemed to worsen over night and guess who got to take it hommmeeeee?! Now I have Momma and some little babies! I even let my coworker take some cuttings for herself 🥹 When I got home, I placed an already rooted Pothos cutting with them for some ✨Pothos Water Magic✨ and now let’s hope for the best! Info on Momma Plant: she was outside and got the harsh, west evening sun. Her soil is damp but I think that, plus the constant sun exposure, caused her leaves to start being squishy. Any tips would be appreciated!!! TIA! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #PropagationStation #SucculentLove #GrowLights #PlantTherapy #PlantShelfie #NewPlantMom #PlantCorner #HangingPlants #LipstickVine #Cuttings #PothosWater #ScienceWithGreg
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How do you water? I'm curious, how do you water your #lipstickvine ? Her leaves are so thick that it's hard to water all the way around. I'm thinking I'm going to find the right pot for her and do #bottomwatering (she's still in nursery pot, setting inside this one so it looks better...) #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantaddict #planttherapy
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New plant! 🥰 #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #NewPlants #LipstickVine
Care Summary for Lipstick Vine
Lipstick Vine
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Fast grower 8
Survivor 7
Blooms easily 5
Easy to propagate 3
Browns easily 3
09/15/2021
Got her already grown as a gift so I can’t speak to much from experience. Thrives off tons of sun, let the soil dry out COMPLETELY, and a bit of a slow grower. So pretty though!!
Easy to propagate
09/12/2021
Water sparingly. It will lose leaves very quickly if it’s over watered. Less is definitely more with this plant.
Browns easily
08/27/2021
The surprise blooms will make your days brighter!!
Blooms easily
Survivor
06/22/2021
This plant is fun. It is rather easy to grow semi-easy to propagate. It grows the cutest red lipstick looking flowers when it is happy. It too is situated in my east window with my covered porch so it does get limited direct sunlight. It does like water but it does not like to be drenched.
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
06/17/2021
One of the cutest, most beautiful vining plants that I own.
06/14/2021
Love kt
06/08/2021
Nice in hanging pot . Quiet, mostly keeps to herself but plays nice with succs in neighborhood. Doesn’t pick up after herself, known to drop leaves when bothered, teenagers- sigh.
Survivor
05/31/2021
Lovely and lush, it gives sweet lipstick shaped flowers
Fast grower
04/18/2021
*I have one small plant in my east-facing bathroom and a much larger plant in my west-facing plant room. I water them when the soil is dry to the touch.*
Well, it isn't a fast grower and it isn't large and lush and I've heard these eventually bloom, but it's perfect for my bright bathroom and my plant room upstairs.
For a LONG TIME, it just kinda sat there, but now, both plants are putting off new growth that's reaching for the sky ... or maybe it's just reaching for the lightbulb right above it. Regardless, the little plant is looking good now and the larger plant is spilling over the sides of the basket.
I really like this plant and if I could, I'd give it 4.5 stars, but I'll have to settle on four stars just because it's not as prolific as a philodendron or pothos, or as majestic as a Monstera, or as cool as a Cast Iron plant.
04/06/2021
I just put her by the a window, water her when she is somewhat dry, and she shoots out tendrils non-stop. She’s never flowered. I haven’t tried to propagate her. But,damn, she makes me happy!!
Fast grower
Survivor
04/06/2021
Drought intolerant
Blooms easily
02/13/2021
Very easy to grow always putting beautiful red flowers look like lipsticks. Make sure to put some orchid mix in dirt has charcoal in it. Leaves are also quite beautiful.
Fast grower
Blooms easily
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